Save Our Canyon!

Azusa's City Council has been forced to schedule a referendum of
the voters to decide the mining issue. There will be an election on
"Measure A" January 25, 2011.
Volunteer now to help us get the word out. Alternatively, please
donate
to our cause so that we can get out one flyer before the
election. More information is available at
www.nominingexpansion.saveourcanyon.org:

Vulcan Materials Company has
been given permission by the Azusa City Council to expand their open face mining pit from
its current location in Fish Canyon, westward to the top of Van Tassel
Ridge, the nearby mountain that faces south and is visible from much of the
San Gabriel Valley.

Not content with destroying the beautiful entrance to the canyon where
Fish Canyon Falls are located, the mining company now is moving to obliterate another 80
acres—and expand mining onto a mountain which forms part of the of the San Gabriel front
range. The mining operation produces dangerous silica dust,
which poses serious health and
safety concerns. Since the early 1990s they have closed off
public access to Fish Canyon, and the beautiful waterfalls that lie two
miles up the valley. More on the Falls/Trail.
To date, Vulcan's half-hearted attempts at
reclamation of completed mining areas do not inspire confidence in their
ability or desire to do a proper job.